Wolves are some of the world’s most charismatic and controversial animals, capturing the imaginations of their friends and foes alike. Highly intelligent and adaptable, they hunt and play together in close-knit packs, sometimes roaming over hundreds of square miles in search of food. Once teetering on the brink of extinction across much of the United States and Europe, wolves have made a tremendous comeback in recent years, thanks to legal protection, changing human attitudes, and efforts to reintroduce them to suitable habitats in North America.

As wolf populations have rebounded, scientific studies of them have also flourished. But there hasn’t been a systematic, comprehensive overview of wolf biology since 1970. In Wolves, many of the world’s leading wolf experts provide state-of-the-art coverage of just about everything you could want to know about these fascinating creatures. Individual chapters cover wolf social ecology, behavior, communication, feeding habits and hunting techniques, population dynamics, physiology and pathology, molecular genetics, evolution and taxonomy, interactions with nonhuman animals such as bears and coyotes, reintroduction, interactions with humans, and conservation and recovery efforts.

The book discusses both gray and red wolves in detail and includes information about wolves around the world, from the United States and Canada to Italy, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Israel, India, and Mongolia. Wolves is also extensively illustrated with black and white photos, line drawings, maps, and fifty color plates.

Unrivaled in scope and comprehensiveness, Wolves will become the definitive resource on these extraordinary animals for scientists and amateurs alike.

Wolves: Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation

Revised from cover to cover, this edition includes dozens of new topics. It also includes free access to a fully searchable companion website featuring an electronic version of the text, all of the book’s images, a searchable drug formulary, and 150 customizable Client Education Sheets in both English and Spanish.

• Section I: Diseases and Disorders provides at-a-glance coverage of more than 700 common medical problems, arranged alphabetically for immediate access. Entries include a definition, synonyms, epidemiology, clinical presentation, etiology and pathophysiology, differential diagnosis, workup, treatment, prognosis and outcome, plus pearls and considerations.
• Section II: Procedures and Techniques offers illustrated, step-by-step instructions for understanding and performing 111 important clinical procedures.
• Section III: Differential Diagnosis displays nearly every possible cause for 260 different clinical disorders.
• Section IV: Laboratory Tests summarizes essential information needed for interpreting more than 150 lab tests.
• Section V: Clinical Algorithms provides decision trees for the diagnostic and therapeutic decision-making processes involved in managing 91 of the most common clinical conditions/disorders.
• Section VI: Drug Formulary is a compilation of dosages and other relevant information for more than 300 new and current medications.
• 410 illustrations and photographs depict disease processes and related concepts.
• A companion website includes the complete text of the book in a fully searchable format, allowing quick access to information, and all of the book’s images. It also includes 150 customizable Client Education Sheets, each available in both English and Spanish.

• Clinical guidance added to diseases and disorders chapters helps you select appropriate tests and treatments for each case.
• 50 new client “how-to” handouts are added for a total of 150 client education sheets, helping to improve outcomes by informing clients.
• Technician Tips are inserted throughout nearly 800 diseases and disorders, providing specialized information for veterinary technicians.
• Enhanced electronic image collection on the companion website includes color images and additional figures not found in the text.

Clinical Veterinary Advisor: Dogs and Cats

True Stories About Dogs and Cats

The newly revised reference work on the history and evolution of wolves, their biology and physiology, behavior and sociology, and their mythology. It is considered the best reference on wolves of its kind.

The Wolf Almanac, New and Revised: A Celebration of Wolves and Their World

With a scientist’s mind and an animal lover’s compassion, world-renowned biologist Rupert Sheldrake presents a groundbreaking exploration of animal behavior that will profoundly change the way we think about animals — and ourselves. After five years of extensive research involving thousands of people who have pets and work with animals, Dr. Sheldrake proves conclusively what many pet owners already know: there is a strong connection between humans and animals that defies present-day scientific understanding. This remarkable book deserves a place next to the most beloved and valuable books on animals, including When Elephants Weep, Dogs Never Lie About Love, and The Hidden Life of Dogs.Amazon.com Review
It’s rare for a book’s title to say so clearly what the book is about. In the case of Rupert Sheldrake’s latest work, the controversial content is right on the front cover. Pet owners will see it and smile in recognition; skeptical scientists will shake their heads and mutter about “maverick scholars.” We all know of cases of dogs (and cats) who know when their owners are coming home, who go to wait at the door or window 10 minutes or more before their human arrives. Conditioned by the tight rigor of contemporary scientific thinking, we either look for rational explanations or we file the phenomenon away in our minds as “unexplained” and are careful not to talk about it with our scientist friends.

Sheldrake has shown in the past that he is not afraid to be labeled a rebel, thanks to his theory of morphic resonance, which suggests the following:

Natural systems, or morphic units, at all levels of complexity are animated, organized, and coordinated by morphic fields, which contain an inherent memory. Natural systems inherit this collective memory from all previous things of their kind by a process called morphic resonance, with the result that patterns of development and behavior become increasingly habitual through repetition.

Sheldrake believes that the “telepathy” between pets and humans, or between flocks of birds or schools of fish that move as a single organism, can be explained this theory. Sheldrake is less persuaded by anecdotes that suggest animal clairvoyance–warning of something in the near future–but refuses to disallow the possibility.

He accepts that the case histories he details so thoroughly in this book are anecdotal, but that makes them no less real; and as a scientist himself he sets up experimental conditions for studying this previously ignored phenomenon that show beyond any doubt that the phenomenon exists. He castigates traditional scientists for their refusal to countenance anything that doesn’t fit in with their existing paradigms (or prejudices) and challenges them to come up with some more “acceptable” explanation–but none is forthcoming.

This fascinating book is a first attempt at a scientific investigation into a puzzling but quite common occurrence. One hopes that other scientists will follow Sheldrake’s brave lead. –David V. Barrett

Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home: And Other Unexplained Powers of Animals

A cherished pet gives you boundless, unconditional love and occupies a special place in your routine, your home, and your heart. When your pet dies, that warm, special place becomes a sad, empty space. This book helps you understand:
* The grieving process, including typical stages of grief and techniques for coping
* Grieving for a missing pet, one you had to give up because of a change in life situation, and other difficult circumstances
* Children and the death of a pet
* Euthanasia, including important considerations
* Religion and the death of a pet, with articles by various religious leaders
* Aftercare facilities, including an extensive index of pet cemeteries, crematories, and memorial gardens

The Loss of a Pet, Third Edition has new expanded information, is filled with practical suggestions, resources, and most importantly, compassion and understanding. This important book helps you cope and reassures you that you are not alone.

The Loss of a Pet

What is being smuggled, from where and how and why
do so many people keep illicit, dangerous pets?

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On the heels of his acclaimed The Dangerous World of Butterflies, investigative journalist Peter Laufer is back to chronicle his worldwide quest to penetrate the underworld of international animal smuggling. In Forbidden Creatures, Laufer exposes the network of hunters, traders, breeders, and customers who constitute this nefarious business which, estimated at $10 to $20 billion annually, competes with illegal drug and weapons trafficking in the money it earns criminals.

Laufer asks: What is being smuggled, from where and why? What is being done to stop the illegal trading and irresponsible breeding? Taking readers to exotic and often lawless locales, Laufer introduces brazen and dangerous traders and wealthy customers whose greed and mindless self-interest perpetuate what is now a crisis of survival for a growing number of wild species.

Woven throughout with riveting stories from law enforcement officials and federal prosecutors, Forbidden Creatures is a compelling, first-person narrative written in Laufer’s hallmark conversational, entertaining style.

Forbidden Creatures: Inside the World of Animal Smuggling and Exotic Pets

From Phil, an ailing and unemployed foster dad to an orphaned fawn, to Walt, a retired pipe fitter whose horses helped alleviate his heartache after the death of his son, the stories in Saved, as Rita Mae Brown says, “prove once again that love rescues us all.”

Saved: Rescued Animals and the Lives They Transform

Unexpected Miracles: Hope and Holistic Healing for Pets

-How to read pet food labels and what you need to avoid for pet s sake.

-How to save on vet bills by preventing your animal from developing one or more diet related diseases.

-Why your vet may not have much to say about pet foods.

-What diet-related diseases your animal may already have, and how a change in diet can help.

-How our health and our pets health are interconnected.

-Why we should all support organic farming practices and suppliers.

This book is a massive indictment of the pet food industry, but also of our entire approach to growing and processing food for us humans as well as for our pets.

Not Fit for a Dog!: The Truth About Manufactured Dog and Cat Food

This new edition, thoroughly revised and updated, covers Natural Rearing, herbal medicine and disease prevention.

The Complete Herbal Handbook for the Dog and Cat

More profoundly, intuitive bonds with the natural world can foster life-altering changes and spiritual redirection.

Beyond Words describes what people experience when they connect intuitively with animals and nature.

In her first book, Learning Their Language, Marta Williams taught readers how to make this connection; here she explores how life changes once they do.

Williams describes a photographer who is healed by dolphins in the waters off Hawaii, how a rottweiler helps her female companion seek the assistance she needs, and how young Neil and his horse Feste together learned about life, death, and loyalty.

Easy-to-follow exercises and practices help readers experience these same types of communication.

Beyond Words: Talking with Animals and Nature

Ask the Animals: A Vet’s-Eye View of Pets and the People They Love

It is just after World War II, and James has returned from the R.A.F. to do battle with the diseases and injuries that befall the farm animals and pets of Skeldale and the surrounding moors. Four-year-old Jimmy Herriot, Humphrey Cobb and his little beagle Myrtle, Norman the book-loving veterinary assistant, and many more new faces join old favorites among the green hills of Yorkshire, as James takes an unforgettable voyage to Russia on a freighter with 383 pedigreed sheep. Touching our hearts with laughter and wisdom, lifting our spirits with compassion and goodness, James Herriot never fails to delight.

The Lord God Made Them All

On timeless summer days and in punishing winter storms, Katz continues his meditation on what animals can selflessly teach us–and what we in turn owe to them. With good neighbors, a beautiful landscape, and tales of true love thrown in, Dog Days gives us not only marvelous animal stories but a rich portrait of the harmonious world that is Bedlam Farm.

Praise for Dog Days:

“Anyone who has ever loved an animal, who owns a farm or even dreams of it, will read Dog Days with appreciation and a cathartic lump in his or her throat.”
–The Washington Post

“Katz proves himself a Thoreau for modern times as he ponders the relationships between man and animals, humanity and nature, and the particularly smelly qualities of manure.”
–Fort Worth Star-Telegram

“Katz constructs the perfect blend between self-revelation and his subtle brand of humor.”
–The Star-Ledger

“City-dweller-turned-farmer Katz . . . returns with further adventures from his animal-filled upstate New York sheep farm. Charming.”
–People

“The perfect summer book . . . You will not be disappointed.”
–The Philadelphia Inquirer

“A new twist on the American dream.”
–The Christian Science Monitor

“Thoroughly enchanting.”
–The Dallas Morning News

Dog Days: Dispatches from Bedlam Farm